Xi Jinping, it's been reported this week, is taking a trip to Saudi Arabia. The Wall Street Journal reported that after six years of negotiations, China and Saudi Arabia are getting close for China to start paying Yuan for oil they would be buying from the Saudis. There's an important kind of economic tie up that may be emerging that could affect the importance of the US dollar on the global economic stage. This week as well, it's also been reported that China is doing military exercises with Russia inside Russia.
0:00 Bestie intro plus a new moderator!
7:19 Adam Neumann raises $350M from a16z for his new residential real estate startup Flow
25:32 Housing policy: Bay Area, Houston, Miami differences
45:41 China, Saudi Arabia, Russia increase relations: should the US be worried?
1:01:09 Inflation Reduction Act signed into law: climate change impact, CBO scorecard, IRS beefed up, carbon tax, big pharma pricing, and more
1:29:47 Chamath ends his spat with Phil Hellmuth, FBI raid follow-up
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Referenced in the show:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/15/business/dealbook/adam-neumann-flow-new-company-wework-real-estate.html
https://www.google.com/finance/quote/PLD:NYSE
https://www.google.com/finance/quote/WE:NYSE
https://www.google.com/finance/quote/BX:NYSE
https://a16z.com/2020/04/18/its-time-to-build
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-05/vc-marc-andreessen-opposes-plan-for-multi-family-atherton-housing
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/16/xi-jinping-saudi-arabia-trip-middle-east-influence-00052023
https://www.wsj.com/articles/saudi-arabia-considers-accepting-yuan-instead-of-dollars-for-chinese-oil-sales-11647351541
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-to-join-russia-military-exercises-as-u-s-rivals-deepen-ties-11660755790
https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/saudi-pif-buys-shares-alphabet-zoom-microsoft-us-shopping-spree-2022-08-16
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/playing-fire-ukraine
https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2022-08/hr5376_IR_Act_8-3-22.pdf
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/02/what-a-carbon-tax-can-do-and-why-it-cannot-do-it-all
https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2022/08/18/fbi_unit_leading_mar-a-lago_probe_previously_led_russiagate_hoax_848582.html